- Body found in search of trapped woman
- Terraced house destroyed after large explosion
A body has been found following a desperate search for a woman trapped under rubble after an explosion leveled a house.
The huge explosion occurred on the second level of the property on Waikanda Crescent in Whalan, in Sydney’s west, about 1pm on Saturday.
Jasmin Mhey, 30, was identified on Sunday night as the missing woman believed to have been trapped in the rubble of the decimated building.
New South Wales Police provided a search update on Monday revealing the body of a woman had been found.
The woman has not yet been formally identified. A report will be prepared for the coroner’s information.
The horrible explosion was heard several streets away and shattered the windows of neighboring buildings. Five other people were treated at the scene by paramedics.
Jasmin Mhey, 30, was identified on Sunday night as the missing woman believed to have been trapped in the rubble of the decimated building.
The huge explosion occurred on the second level of the property on Waikanda Crescent in Whalan, in Sydney’s west, about 1pm on Saturday.
Mhey’s distraught mother, who has kept a vigil across the street to closely monitor search efforts, told neighbors she had reported the smell of gas in the building and on the street in recent months.
Neighbors described the moment she returned to the house.
“She (the mother) was on her knees screaming for her daughter,” a neighbor said.
“She wouldn’t leave, she sat here in the rain and cold all night saying she wouldn’t leave until her daughter came out.”
On Sunday, police announced that the search area is a crime scene and officers closed the street.
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